How to handle currencies on a Shopify store

To handle currencies on Shopify, use Shopify Payments or Adyen, open a market, add its local currency and pick an exchange rate. Customers then see and pay prices in their currency. Check the conversion fee first: as of November 2026, it is 1.5% for US-based stores and 2% for many others.

Showing a price or charging it?

These are two different things, and the payment provider decides which one you get.

Shopify’s international payments guide is explicit that only these two can process payments in a customer’s local currency. With any other provider, the price is converted back at checkout, so a customer can see one amount and be charged another. If that is your case, say so on the page, or keep a single currency.

How to add a currency to a market

1. In your Shopify admin, go to Markets and click the market.
2. Click the plus icon next to Currency and select the currency.
3. Choose your exchange rate setting: automatic or manual.
4. Decide whether to turn on rounding.
5. Click Done, then Save.
6. Preview a product price and go through to checkout as a customer in that market.

Customers need a way to choose. Most Shopify themes include a country selector that you can turn on in the header or footer. If you do not have a market yet, start with how to sell internationally on Shopify.

Automatic or manual exchange rate?

Shopify’s local currency guide offers two settings. The difference is who pays the conversion fee, and who watches the rate.

The fee applies when the customer pays in a currency other than your payout currency. As of November 2026, Shopify lists 1.5% for US-based stores and 2% for stores in the UK, the EEA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and other regions. Fees like this can change, so confirm yours before you set prices. On a manual rate, a 2% fee on a €50 order takes €1 from your payout.

Should you round converted prices?

A direct conversion rarely gives a tidy price. Price rounding moves it to the common price points of each currency, and it applies after the conversion and any price adjustment. Three limits to know: it needs Shopify Payments, you cannot customize the rounding rules, and it does not apply to gift cards.

Rounding keeps prices stable. It is worth turning on if you care about how prices look, or if you quote them in ads and emails.

Can you charge more in one market?

Yes. Catalogs control pricing per market, and a percentage adjustment can raise prices to offset conversion fees and higher costs such as shipping. Do the math per market before you decide: fee, shipping, duties and any tax included in the displayed price all eat into the same margin.

Do not forget shipping rates

Product prices are only half of the amount. Shopify’s rules for shipping in local currencies:

• Only fixed rates can be set in a local currency.
• Each shipping zone must hold one country, or countries that share one currency.
• Existing rates do not change by themselves. Delete them if you want only local-currency rates displayed.
• Free-shipping minimums follow the chosen currency, so set an amount that makes sense locally.

A quick check before you go live

• Your shipping page and any free-shipping banner use amounts that match each currency.
• Text in your descriptions does not mention a fixed price in another currency.
• Tax is displayed the way that market expects. In Europe, this matters: see our checklist for selling in Europe.

Forgefont copies your prices exactly as you enter them and never rewrites them, so your store’s base prices stay yours. Currencies and exchange rates are then set in your Shopify Markets settings. Configure your store to get started.